Professional Practice Guidelines

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A number of medical specialty societies and expert groups have issued guidelines on hereditary cancer testing.  Myriad has formed its assessment criteria based on the following medical society guidelines.  A healthcare specialist may use assessment criteria based on that specialist's medical society guidelines, or based on her/her own professional judgment, which may differ from Myriad's assessment guidelines. 

BRACAnalysis^® Testing for
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC)

ACOG - American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ASBS - American Society of Breast Surgeons (pdf)
ASCO - American Society of Clinical Oncologists (pdf)
NCCN - National Comprehensive Cancer Network (login required)
SGO - Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (pdf)
USPSTF - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

There may be additional professional practice guidelines for HBOC testing than those listed above that a healthcare specialist may want to consider, including the following:

ACCC - Association of Community Cancer Centers
AMA - American Medical Association
ONS - Oncology Nursing Society
SSO - Society of Surgical Oncology


COLARIS^® and COLARIS AP^® Tesing for
Lynch syndrome and Polyposis syndromes

ACCC - Association of Community Cancer Centers
AMA - American Medical Association
ASCRS - American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
AGA - American Gastroenterological Association
ASCO - American Society of Clinical Oncology
NCCN - National Comprehensive Cancer Network
ONS - Oncology Nursing Society
SSO - Society of Surgical Oncology